Become the best leader you can be in a SAFe® environment – and learn how to facilitate the success of Agile teams, ARTs, and enterprises as a whole.
You will develop your coaching and facilitation skills to the next level in the SAFe® Advanced Scrum Master course. You will learn how to avoid common pitfalls, encourage a positive attitude, and improve your team’s productivity.
The purpose of this two-day course is to prepare current Scrum Masters for their leadership role with regard to the facilitation of Agile teams, ARTs, and enterprise success during the implementation of Scaled Agile Frameworks (SAFe).
Identify ways to facilitate cross-team interactions in support of ART execution and continuous improvement. During this training, you will learn practical ways of addressing Agile anti-patterns in enterprises, as well as learn how to build high-performance teams using actionable tools. In addition to introducing scalable engineering, DevOps practices, as well as using Kanban to facilitate the flow of value, this course will also provide support to interactions with architects, product managers, and other important stakeholders within the Scrum paradigm.
When individuals attend the class, they will be prepared for taking the exam and becoming Certified SAFe® Advanced Scrum Masters as a result.
Becoming a Continuous Improvement Leader will help you to take your career as a Scrum Master to the next level.
Nowadays it is important that the Scrum Master is able to foster engineering craftsmanship, to facilitate continuous flow, and to enable the successful ART execution in the modern enterprise. This requires a new set of skills that is supportive of large, multi-team development initiatives.
SAFe® Advanced Scrum Master is an advanced Scrum Master course that is taught by an experienced instructor. Industry leaders will tell you that the instructor you choose to lead the course is crucial. As SPCT I’ve been in the trenches implementing the Scaled Agile Framework and launching Agile Release Trains (ARTs), with proven success in overcoming transformational challenges. Throughout my career, I have coached many Scrum Masters helping to gain a better understanding of what it takes to be a successful servant-leader in the Lean-Agile world. My focus is to deliver a meaningful understanding of Implementing SAFe to students, bringing my experience and real-world examples to the course, as well as inviting them to share and analyze their own contexts as well.
The purpose of this course is to give you a deep understanding of the SAFe® Advanced Scrum Master role, so that you can maintain sustainable success for you, your Agile Team, and your ART in the future. Let’s get you started now!
Course Summary.
Get ready to take on the role of a SAFe® Leader-and discover what it takes to facilitate the success of Agile teams, ARTs, and enterprises.
It is vital that you go beyond the basics with your SAFe® Advanced Scrum Master course. This training will provide you with the tools and techniques for improving your coaching and facilitation skills, avoiding common missteps, and encouraging relentless improvement in your team.
As a result of this two-day course, current Scrum Masters will be prepared to take on the leadership role necessary to facilitate Agile team, ART, and enterprise success in the context of a SAFe Implementation.
To facilitate ART execution and continuous improvement, during the course you will learn how cross-team interactions can be facilitated. You will also learn how to introduce Scrum to the broader community with the introduction to scalable engineering and DevOps practices, the use of Kanban to facilitate value flow, and support interactions with Architects, Product Managers, and other critical stakeholders. You’ll explore practical methods of addressing Agile and Scrum antipatterns in the enterprise, along with practical tools that can be used to build high-performing teams.
What you’ll learn?
A SAFe® Advanced Scrum Master should be able to perform the following functions in order to fulfill their role:
- Apply SAFe principles to facilitation, enablement, and coaching in a multi-team environment.
- Build a high-performing team and foster relentless improvement at scale.
- Address Agile and Scrum anti-patterns.
- Support the adoption of engineering practices, DevOps, and Agile architecture.
- Learn to apply Kanban and Extreme Programming (XP) frameworks to optimize flow and improve the team’s work.
- Facilitate ART planning, execution, and delivery of end-to-end systems value.
- Support learning through participation in communities of practice and innovation cycles.
What you get?
Class registration includes:
- Attendee workbook.
- Preparation and eligibility to take the SAFe® Advanced Scrum Master (SASM) 6.0 certification exam.
- One–year membership to SAFe Studio.
- Course certificate of completion.
SAFe Certification Kit.
Attendees who pass the certification exam will receive:
- SAFe® 6.0 Advanced Scrum Master certificate.
- A SAFe® 6.0 Advanced Scrum Master digital badge to promote your accomplishment online.
- A one-year certified membership as a SAFe Advanced Scrum Master, which includes access to the SASM Community of Practice.
- A SAFe® 6.0 Advanced Scrum Master certification usage guide with SASM certification marks.
- Access to a variety of learning resources to support certified professionals during their SAFe journey.
Topics Covered.
- Exploring the Scrum Master role in the SAFe enterprise.
- Applying SAFe® Principles: A Scrum Master’s perspective.
- Exploring Agile and Scrum anti-patterns.
- Facilitating ART execution.
- Improving flow with Kanban and XP.
- Building high-performing teams.
- Improving ART performance with Inspect and Adapt.
Who will benefit?
- Existing Scrum Masters.
- Team leaders, project managers, and others who have assumed the role of an Agile Team facilitator in a SAFe® or enterprise Agile context.
- Engineering and development managers who are responsible for Agile execution and coaching teams, including teams of teams.
- Agile coaches.
- Agile Program Managers.
- Prospective Release Train Engineers.
Professional Development Units (PDUs) and Scrum Education Units (SEUs).
- Attendees may be eligible to apply for 15 PDUs toward their continuing education requirements with the Project Management Institute (PMI) for PMP, PgMP, and PMI-ACP certifications.
- Attendees may be eligible to apply for SEUs under category C, toward earning or renewing their CSP through Scrum Alliance.